''Analog's War and Peace'' is the sixth in a series of
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stories drawn from ''
Analog'' magazine and edited by then-current ''Analog'' editor
Stanley Schmidt
Stanley Albert Schmidt (born March 7, 1944) is an American science fiction author and editor. Between 1978 and 2012 he served as editor of ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' magazine.
Biography
Schmidt was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduate ...
. It was first published in paperback by
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and hardcover by
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in June 1983. The hardcover edition bore the alternate title ''War and Peace: Possible Futures from Analog''.
The book collects eleven short stories, novelettes and novellas first published in ''Analog'' and its predecessor title ''Astounding'', together with an introduction by Schmidt.
Contents
*"Introduction" (
Stanley Schmidt
Stanley Albert Schmidt (born March 7, 1944) is an American science fiction author and editor. Between 1978 and 2012 he served as editor of ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' magazine.
Biography
Schmidt was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduate ...
)
*"
E for Effort" (
T. L. Sherred)
*"
The Weapon Shop
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" (
A. E. van Vogt
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)
*"The Wabbler" (
Murray Leinster)
*"Conquest by Default" (
Vernor Vinge)
*"Warrior" (
Gordon R. Dickson)
*"Hawk Among the Sparrows" (
Dean McLaughlin)
*"The Mercenary" (
Jerry Pournelle)
*"No Shoulder to Cry On" (
Hank Davis)
*"The Bully and the Crazy Boy" (
Marc Stiegler
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)
*"Thunder and Roses" (
Theodore Sturgeon)
*"Late Night Final" (
Eric Frank Russell
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)
Notes
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1983 anthologies
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